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Month: April 2007

  • The Shift to No Girls

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    In celebrating its 10th anniversary, online Japanese design magazine SHIFT has finally gone completely blog (they started the experiment a few months ago) — it still keeps a magazine structure though — but more importantly, got rid of their popular “Girls on the Street” series. Momus laments the loss.

  • MOTHER Winner + DK CM

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    Jason from King of Games has put up a video of the draw for the KOG Vs. Starmen.net Mother contest, which includes a very special guest. Even better is the commercial at the end for the KOG Donkey Kong tees!

  • This Week in Magazines

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    You could pick up the new issue of IDEA (322) for the works of Otl Aicher or Osaka-based Helmut Schmid, but what made me pick up a copy — I don’t usually buy IDEA because of the high 3000 yen cover price — is their “Journal Culture” feature. It’s terrific coverage of the magazine scene,…

  • Glass Office

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    About a month ago I linked to a piece from BusinessWeek looking at micro-homes. As a follow-up, David Cady — that’s Mr. Canned Coffee to you and me — sent me the photo you see here, with some details: If you view the slideshow in the link, one of the pictures (8th frame) is of…

  • Collect.Apply Exhibition

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    Kyoto-based design unit collect.apply have an exhibition opening tomorrow (April 24) and running until May 14 at the Japonica Music Store & Cafe Gallery in Kyoto, with an opening party this Saturday (April 28, 19:00-23:00). “It Might as Well be Spring” will be a showcase of their work, past and present. In Tokyo, you can…

  • OK Fred 9

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    A new issue of OK FRED (9) is out, in which they celebrate all “The Mamas and the Papas” out there. My contribution to the issue is the return of my “Sekai no Omiseyasan” column, in which I cover a few spots in Nakameguro. You’ll also find an old picture of my parents on the…

  • Cafe Pause 3rd Anniversary T-Shirt

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    We recently celebrated the 3rd anniversary of Cafe Pause, and produced this t-shirt (not for sale). It was designed by Next Century Modern. Below is the color we used for the final tee.

  • Spring 2007 Anime, Follow-Up

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    Another spring 2007 anime guide, this time from Anime News Network, and they include thoughts on the start of each series. I’ve been following a few of them, and will post my own thoughts probably later this week.